Tanzania, Feb. 6 -- Dodoma. The government will have to swiftly source a staggering Sh6.37 trillion to compensate families that are to be relocated to pave the way for road construction projects and pay arrears to contractors, the Parliament was told on Monday, February 5, 2024.

The amount revealed by the parliamentary committee on Infrastructure, shows just how demanding and costly the desire to develop Tanzania's roads could be.

The money is over four times more than the entire budget for the ministry of Works for the current fiscal year, which stands at Sh1.5 trillion.

The chairman of the committee, Suleiman Kakoso (Mpanda-Rural) told the august House that so far the Tanzania Roads Agency (Tanroads) has yet to disburse a total of Sh...